Jason M. LemkinCEO, SaaStr · Co-Founder of SaaStr AI, SaaStr Fund, Adobe Sign

Secrets Behind ZoomInfo's 10x LTV to CAC: Word of Mouth and SEO Power!

20 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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This YouTube video (Jason M. Lemkin, Oct 20, 2023) explains how ZoomInfo achieved an approximately 10x LTV to CAC driven by lead generation, lead routing, and efficient closing. The speaker states ZoomInfo operates a sub-30-day sales cycle with many deals closing same day and cites typical land deal sizes in the ~$20k–$50k range. Marketing spend is described as minimal; growth is attributed to word of mouth plus SEM and SEO rather than a strong viral product effect.

Questions this video answers

10x LTV to CAC.

Sub 30 day sales cycle.

Often closed same day.

Approximately $20,000 to $50,000.

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So it's a lot of science that goes into the way that we generate the leads, we route the leads and then we close new business and that drives a 10xLTV to CAC a sub 30 day sales cycle. Often deals are closed same day and these are not like you know, two or $3,000 deals. These are 20, 30, 40, $50,000 lands and I should know this but on the marketing side is because there's no viral. I mean maybe there's a little bit of viral element to the product but it ain't much. It ain't. It ain't much. Is it word of mouth like because your marketing at that hack and a sales driven the marketing cost has to be almost zero. Like the math doesn't work unless you can't spend a year of customer just on marketing. It has to be minuscule. Right. It's got to be weeks or months. Yeah. So it is short and it's a lot of word of mouth, it's a lot of SEM, a lot of SEO. Yeah.